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Kayode Odejayi Personal information Full name Olukayode Odejayi Date of birth 21 February 1982 Place of birth Ibadan, Nigeria Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Colchester United Number 15 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1999–2002 Bristol City 6 (0) 2001 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 6 (1) 2002–2003 Forest Green Rovers 38 (13) 2003–2007 Cheltenham Town 151 (30) 2007–2010 Barnsley 73 (4) 2009 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 6 (1) 2009 → Colchester United (loan) 14 (6) 2010– Colchester United 75 (11) National team‡ 2008 Nigeria 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:30, 6 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:08, 25 December 2009 (UTC)Olukayode "Kayode" Odejayi (born 21 February 1982) is a Nigerian international footballer. He currently plays for Colchester United as a striker.
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Club career
Born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Odejayi started his career as a trainee at Bristol City. He has also played for Forest Green Rovers, Cheltenham and Barnsley he has also enjoyed loans spells at Forest Green Rovers, Scunthorpe and Colchester.
Early career
Odejayi, a striker, was at Bristol City as a trainee before moving on to Conference side Forest Green Rovers in 2002. 2002–03 turned out to be Rovers' best ever season since their foundation in 1890, and Odejayi was a key figure, scoring 13 goals as the club finished ninth.
Cheltenham Town
This brought him to the attention of Cheltenham Town, and then-manager Bobby Gould signed him that summer. His first two seasons were a struggle but in his third season (2005–06) he played almost every game as Cheltenham stormed to the play-off final, winning 1–0 against fancied Grimsby Town. He came to national attention in January 2006 when Cheltenham faced Newcastle United in the FA Cup 4th round. Odejayi was outstanding, giving French international defender Jean-Alain Boumsong no end of problems during the game. Following the game he was linked with a move to Championship team Plymouth Argyle however the move never materialised.
Barnsley
On 31 May 2007, Odejayi moved to Barnsley for a fee of £200,000, a Cheltenham record for a sale of a player. Forest Green Rovers will receive a windfall from the transfer as part of the terms of Odejayi's Cheltenham deal.[1]
He scored in the Reds' first friendly against Morecambe in a 2–1 defeat. He then bagged a brace against Portuguese side Louletano DC in a 3–2 win. In a 3–1 victory against Buxton he bagged his fourth goal in three .
Odejayi netted his first competitive goal for Barnsley against Scunthorpe United which effectively sealed a 2–0 victory for the Reds.
Odejayi was booed off by his own fans against Southampton, after he missed a string of chances at goal. He himself admitted about his poor performances and promised the fans he would step it up and he did in the FA Cup quarter finals. Bobby Hassell and Barnsley manager Simon Davey have both publicly given the striker their backing. He will now unquestionably go down in folklore of Barnsley Football Club, as the scorer of one of the most important goals in their history when he secured a 1–0 victory at Oakwell, in the quarter finals of the FA Cup 2008 against Chelsea. On April 6, 2008 in the FA Cup Semi Final against Cardiff City he missed a glorious chance to score when he was put clean through on goal only to shoot wide, costing Barnsley the chance to equalise and possibly reach the FA Cup Final for the first time since 1912.
In January 2009, there was talk of him being pursued by Barnsley's South Yorkshire neighbours, Rotherham United.[2]
Scunthorpe United (loan)
On 26 February he was loaned to Scunthorpe. He played in 6 games scoring 1 goal against Walsall.[3]
Colchester United (loan)
He was loaned to Colchester United on 16 September 2009 on a three month emergency loan. He made a big impression at the Weston Homes Community Stadium, winning two penalties in his first game against Hartlepool United and then scoring a brace against high flying Charlton Athletic. He also went on to score against Huddersfield Town, Leyton Orient, Wycombe Wanderers, Bromley and Oldham Athletic.
He set up John-Joe O'Toole's first Colchester goal in a 1–1 draw at Tranmere Rovers, whilst Odejayi also assisted Simon Hackney's goal against Bromley in the FA Cup. His loan spell ended on 19 December with him having scored seven goals in sixteen games, six of which came in the Football League. When the January transfer window opened, Odejayi's loan form resulted in him being signed by Aidy Boothroyd on a permanenet deal, thus also becoming Aidy's first permanent signing for Colchester United.
Colchester United
On 24 December 2009 it was announced that Odejayi had signed for an undisclosed fee on a deal that would end in June 2012.[4] Odejayi scored his first goal as a full time Colchester player in a 2 – 1 win against Carlisle where he came off the bench to score the winner in stoppage time to keep the U's in their promotion hunt. He added two further goals against Bristol Rovers and Yeovil before getting an injury after coming on as a sub against Walsall.
International career
In Summer 2008, he earned his first ever call up to the Nigerian national team, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 friendly draw against Austria.[5]
Career Statistics
Club
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other[7] Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Bristol City 1999–2000 3 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 3 0 2000–01 3 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0 4 0 2001–02 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2001–02 6 1 2 0 – – 0 0 8 1 Total 6 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0 7 0 Forest Green Rovers 2002–03 38 13 2 0 – – 0 0 40 13 Total 38 13 2 0 – – 0 0 40 13 Cheltenham Town 2003–04 30 5 2 0 1 0 – 1 0 34 5 2004–05 32 1 0 0 1 0 – 0 0 33 1 2005–06 44 11 6 2 2 0 – 4 0 56 13 2006–07 45 13 2 0 2 1 – 2 1 51 15 Total 151 30 10 2 6 1 – 7 1 174 34 Barnsley 2007–08 40 3 4 1 1 0 – 0 0 45 4 2008–09 28 1 1 0 1 0 – 0 0 30 1 Scunthorpe United (loan) 2008–09 6 1 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 6 1 Barnsley 2009–10 5 0 0 0 2 0 – 0 0 7 0 Colchester United (loan) 2009–10 14 6 3 1 0 0 – 0 0 17 7 Total 73 4 5 1 4 0 – 0 0 82 5 Colchester United 2009–10 14 3 1 0 0 0 – 0 0 15 3 2010–11 44 4 3 0 2 0 – 1 0 50 4 2011–12 17 4 1 0 1 1 – 1 0 20 5 Total 75 11 5 0 3 1 – 2 0 85 12 Career total 369 66 27 4 13 2 – 10 1 419 73 International
Nigeria national team Year Apps Goals 2008 1 0 Total 1 0 References
- ^ "Tykes sign Cheltenham's Odejayi". BBC Sport. 2007-05-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/barnsley/6684035.stm. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
- ^ http://www.rotherham.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=143556
- ^ "Scunthorpe 1–1 Walsall". BBC. 3 March 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/7908310.stm. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ "Odejayi makes permanent move". Colchester United F.C.. 2007-12-24. http://www.cu-fc.com/page/News/0,,10424~1914655,00.html. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ . http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-129638.0.html.
- ^ "Kayode Odejayi Career Stats". Soccerbase. 15 September 2011. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=19157. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Football League Trophy and Football League play-offs
- ^ "Kayode Odejayi International Appearances". National-Football-Teams.com. http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=27345. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
External links
- Kayode Odejayi profile at barnsleyfc.co.uk
- Kayode Odejayi career stats at Soccerbase
Colchester United F.C. – current squad 1 Williams · 2 Aldred · 3 Rose · 4 Okuonghae · 5 Baldwin · 6 Heath · 7 Vincent · 8 O'Toole · 9 Gillespie · 10 Izzet (c) · 11 Antonio · 12 Cousins · 14 Bond · 15 Odejayi · 16 Henderson · 19 Thomas · 20 Wilson · 22 Wordsworth · 23 James · 24 Coker · 25 White · 27 Duguid · 30 Arnott · 31 Hamilton · 32 Sanderson · 35 Pentney · Manager: Ward
Categories:- 1982 births
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- Nigerian footballers
- Nigeria international footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Bristol City F.C. players
- Forest Green Rovers F.C. players
- Cheltenham Town F.C. players
- Barnsley F.C. players
- Scunthorpe United F.C. players
- Colchester United F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Conference National players
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